Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery

Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery is a war grave for mainly Commonwealth soldiers who died in the First World War. It was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield in the 1920s and contains the bodies of 2,046 people: 1,817 identified Commonwealth casualties plus 21 unidentified casualties; also 198 German casualties and 10 French civilians.[1]

Among the burials are Victoria Cross recipient John Harold Rhodes,[2] Edward Horner, a member of a prominent British aristocratic family,[3] and Archie McMillan Scottish professional footballer.[4][5]

The cemetery lies in countryside east of Amiens in the Somme department of France between Rocquigny and Équancourt.

References
  1. "Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery". CWGC. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  2. Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  3. Skelton, Tim; Gliddon, Gerald (2008). Lutyens and the Great War. London: Frances Lincoln Publishers. p. 216. ISBN 9780711228788.
  4. "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1917–1918" (PDF).
  5. Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". Retrieved 19 September 2016.


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